Taking on the Tabloids – review

The unwillingness of Goliath to engage with Hugh Grant's David left the film feeling short of material, writes Mark Lawson

Trader Media Group reports 6% profit rise

Digital growth offsets a more than 30% decline in sales of Auto Trader magazine. By Mark Sweney

Got ‘curves’ and want to ‘flaunt’ them? Then learn all from Mail Online

The Daily Mail's obsession with 'curves' says an awful lot more about its skewed ideas of women than it does about fashion

Future predicts ‘tablet Christmas’ will boost e-editions sales

Magazine publisher hopes for seasonal surge as digital sales of titles such as T3 break the £6m mark this year. By Mark Sweney

Future returns to profitability

Metal Hammer and Total Film publisher reports pre-tax profit of £1.1m in the year to 30 September. By Mark Sweney

DMGT reports profits surge at Northcliffe Media

Daily Mail & General Trust figures boosted by restructuring programme at regional newspaper division. By Mark Sweney

Why all pharmaceutical research should be made open access

Cory Doctorow: The government wants to make all publicly funded research available – but the same must be demanded of pharmas also

Tim Dowling: me and Ms Jones

I'm living in a parallel universe where everything is exactly the same, except I'm in Liz Jones's column

Metro to launch new website, Android app and Kindle Fire edition

Regional freesheet's 'mobile first' strategy will include major overhaul of Metro.co.uk. By Mark Sweney

As Lord Justice Leveson ponders, the world of media is in chaos

In an exploding digital age, arguments about press regulation are simply becoming silly, says Peter Preston

Online paid-content market poses threat to traditional advertising

Rise of tablet computers and smartphones could help paid-content market rise to £8bn a year by 2017, says report. By Mark Sweney

Vatican paper’s James Bond review shakes (not stirs) its religious image

Catholic church mouthpiece devotes five articles to 007 film Skyfall, praising 'beautiful Bond girls' and 'essential vodka martinis'

Toronto Star to erect a paywall

Virtually all of Canada's papers will soon charge for online content

When was the first live blog? 1923, it seems

A running commentary of the 1923 general election discovered by the Guardian research department is very similar in style to online coverage today, writes Paul Owen